How to Use ago in a Sentence

ago

adjective or adverb
  • Is that a year-ago framework for Achane?
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Sales fell again from the year-ago period.
    — Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
  • One of the other cadets is the son of a long-ago friend of Kip’s.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
  • To me, this child is akin to a distant, long-ago acquaintance.
    — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
  • All but two of those telecasts improved on their year-ago ratings.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But that marked a 30% drop from the year-ago period.
    — Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Oil prices saw little overall change from their week-ago levels.
    — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That’s up from $96 million in the year-ago quarter.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Profit was down from the year-ago period.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The bend, geophysicists thought, came from a long-ago shift in the plate’s motion.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The crowds this summer have been younger, more raucous, edgier than in that long-ago time.
    — Will Englund, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Many more widows and children of other long-ago soldiers are still alive.
    — Ian Shapira, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2020
  • The small bungalows on our side streets where long-ago families set down roots and grew.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • And to connect the dots between long-ago battles and ourselves.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2019
  • Spalding has won more Grammys than any of her long-ago rivals for best new artist.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The team signed thirty-three-year-old Gail Goodrich, a long-ago star on his last legs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Each shell is the memory of some walk taken with a long-ago friend, of ideas first thought up and pains shared.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2022
  • That was up 14% from the year-ago quarter and in line with estimates.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Online sales rose about 12% from the year-ago quarter, Bastek said.
    — Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • That's about 30% below the year-ago level and near historic lows.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • That marks the lowest point in 2026 and is down from year-ago levels.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The novel describes a long-ago city that was one of the most influential at the time.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Lola, married for 57 years, has never been able to move past the long-ago loss of her young son.
    — Cory Oldweiler, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Spady, who now lives in Roseburg, was a long-ago art student Oregon.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2020
  • This, after buyer demand had briefly sunk below year-ago levels.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Seats were uprooted and piled up, there was damage from a long-ago fire, and a car had crashed into the lobby.
    — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2021
  • Subscriber growth surged 25% in the third quarter compared with year-ago levels.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
  • That's down from roughly $37 million in the year-ago period.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That’s down from roughly $37 million in the year-ago period.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • What's clear is that at the 40,000-year-ago mark, humans arrived and shook things up.
    — New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026

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